The FBI says scammers are creating fake websites and other schemes to pretend to be with the FBI as a way to reach more ...

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A California mom says she was scammed out of thousands of dollars this month after receiving a call that sounded like her daughter in distress. She now suspects it was an artificial ...

A routine security step has become a doorway for cybercriminals. Here’s how the fake-CAPTCHA scam works, why it catches people off guard and exactly what to do if you’ve been caught ...

Americans lost $3.5 billion to imposter scams in 2025, a nearly 20 percent jump from the prior year, with fake unpaid-toll ...

Artificial intelligence is turbocharging everything — even scams targeting finances, careers and dating lives.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — It happens so often that scammers call and pull off some elaborate scheme that preys on the most vulnerable people. There is a YouTuber who is turning the tables. ...

PeopleFinders reports that summer scams are on the rise, with common types including travel imposters, gambling schemes, ...

According to the FTC, fraud losses hit $15.9 billion in 2025. Imposter scams led in sheer number of reports, but investment scams caused the steepest financial damage. Every year, the Federal Trade ...

The instructions were clear: He had four days to make each victim fall in love. And there were a lot of victims. Online, Safeer Mohammed Koorimannil, who was trafficked to a scam center in Myanmar, ...

Your phone rings. It's your son's voice. Panicked. He says he's been in a car accident. He hurt someone. He's about to be arrested. He needs $15,000 wired before the end of the day, and please, don't ...

Mr Chen, notorious for online fraud, was an adviser to Hun Sen, Cambodia’s longtime strongman. His fate has spooked scam ...